Prosecutor Choi gets Gong Ji-hoon a meeting with Chairman Kang’s attorney. Having received help from Ji-hoon, the attorney shows him the chairman’s will. He has divided everything among everyone. Ji-hoon is disappointed but the attorney is not willing to tamper with the will.
Ji-hoon is cornered by Chang-ho and his men in the parking lot. Ji-hoon refuses to continue working with Chang-ho. Chang-ho says that Ji-hoon himself will come begging for help soon.
At the will reading, Chang-ho and his people use repairmen to get a camera installed inside. They watch as a new attorney accompanies the old one and they reveal a new will, that the chairman made a week ago. It bequeaths most of the chairman’s assets to Choi Do-ha and Joo-hee.
Mi-ho gets a call from a hospital that says her blood test reports are bad and she’ll need to get more tests done. Mi-ho lies to her father about it.
As predicted, Chang-ho finds Ji-hoon begging for his help. Chang-ho tells him the truth about Do-ha’s identity. In return, he wants Ji-hoon’s support in becoming mayor.
Do-ha tells Joo-hee that he wants to run for mayor again instead of the national assembly because he thinks that’s what the chairman would have wanted. He asks Joo-hee how much she trusts him.
Later, he makes the announcement public and begins his campaigns.
Mi-ho, a high school student in South Korea, received her test results at a hospital. She has stage four lymphoma and needs chemotherapy as soon as possible. ..
Mi-ho and Chang-ho take a walk on the beach. Mi-ho tells her that he knows she is Big Mouse and so does her father. Mi-ho wants Chang-ho to be a good Big Mouse, one who will take down those who are powerful and take advantage of others. They talk about their happiest moment together and agree it was when they opened Chang-ho’s law office. They reminisce about the times when Mi-Ho would bring him dinner at work.
Ji-hoon, the president of the NR Forum, calls a meeting with the group to discuss their plans for the upcoming election. However, they soon realize that Choi Do-ha, a political newcomer, has already arranged a meeting with them. Ji-hoon arrives at the meeting just in time to see Do-ha reveal his true identity to Joo-hee - an old friend of his. Joo-hee is unconvinced and leaves the meeting, but Do-ha manages to convince her to stay and pledge her support. A flashback reveals that Do-ha had told Joo-hee about his true identity months earlier and she had been supportive of him. ..
Ji-hoon arrives at Chang-ho’s office as the latter is preparing for a TV debate. He gives Chang-ho a flash drive with details about Do-ha’s special treatment towards the NR Forum while he was mayor. Chang-ho asks about the chairman’s son. Ji-hoon says he is in the US. Chang-ho claims they can use him to file an inheritance lawsuit against Chairman Kang’s will.
Prosecutor Choi is called to Ji-hoon’s office to find out what he knows about the son. Ji-hoon reveals that the son is a serial killer and someone else was sent to jail in his place.
Mi-ho gets a call that the death row inmate, Tak Kwang-hyun, is reaching the end of his life. She meets him in his last few moments and lies about his mother, saying that she is alive and well. After he passes, his sister confides to Mi-ho that he was innocent. He took the fall for a rich man who was a psychopath and the real serial killer. Mi-ho confronts Joo-hee about the truth. Joo-hee says exposing the truth doesn’t change anything and Mi-ho vows to prove her wrong.
As Chang-ho works through the night, Mi-ho arrives with packed dinner as she used to all that time ago. She tells him to see her more often and he promises that he’ll be by her side all the time after he deals with Do-ha. Mi-ho looks on wistfully as he works.
Do-ha and Lee Du-geun meet the attorney in charge, who agrees to help Do-ha. Jung Chae-bong provides Do-ha with information on the cryptocurrency fraud case that Chang-ho was a part of. Later, Do-ha and Lee Du-geun meet the attorney in charge, who agrees to help Do-ha.
Meanwhile, at the TV studio, the candidates’ representatives are given the format of the show. It includes a section with impromptu questions by citizens. Soon-tae argues that this section wasn’t there before. Later, we see that the person in charge has set this up per Do-ha’s instructions.
The cryptocurrency perpetrator, Chang-ho, has paid 5 billion Won to lose the case. The others discuss the effect on his reputation. He says he must face it head-on at the TV debate.
She rushes to the bathroom because she’s worried about the pipes in the work zone where the prisoners were sent.
Chairman Yang, Mi-ho, and Jerry stand before the TV debate audience. They know that if they can stop the debate, it will mean that they can save the election. Chairman Yang tells them that he’s been told by someone high up at NK Chemicals that the owner of the fish farm is connected to a security problem. Mi-ho and Jerry tell Chairman Yang that they’ve found evidence that this owner has been using his position to cheat customers at NK Chemicals. They also say that they’ve found evidence that this owner has been using his position to get money from the government. If Chairman Yang doesn’t act now, he’ll be responsible for allowing this security problem to continue.
As the countdown for the TV debate reaches zero, the candidates all gather in a large room. The moderator asks each candidate to give a short speech. The candidates all speak about their policies and how they would improve the country. They also answer questions from the audience. The moderator then asks a question from the audience, and each candidate responds. The final question is asked, and each candidate responds with a new policy proposal.
The Episode Review
The mayoral campaign on “The Show” feels a bit offbeat and not as compelling as the previous power plays. On the other hand, the reveal of the death row inmate having taken the fall for, presumably, Chairman Kang’s son was fantastic.
Chang-ho’s drive to take down Choi Do-ha seems misguided. Wasn’t Noh Park’s daughter killed because of NK Chemical? And wasn’t Do-ha’s grandfather against that? Isn’t Do-ha taking revenge for him? If Chang-ho is still taking revenge on Big Mouse’s behalf, how is Gong Ji-hoon not to blame?
The details just don’t add up. Additionally, Choi Do-ha doesn’t seem to fit the bill as a compelling villain - he’s too bland. They should have kept him around longer. ..
Another issue with the show is its treatment of Mi-ho. She has been used as a pawn in the past, and it seems like she is going to be used again in the finale. It doesn’t seem fair that she should be reduced to a victim and her pain be used to further Chang-ho’s plan.
That said, the plot line did give us some touching moments between the couple. The walk on the beach and the scene where Mi-ho brings Chang-ho dinner are adorable and heartwarming. We even see a glimpse of the old Chang-ho which emphasizes how much he’s changed. Last episode, here we come! ..
